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Colonia del Sacramento


On a clear day you can see Buenos Aires' skyscrapers glinting far across the river from this classy country getaway, 15km north of Colonia. Friendly French expatriates (and veteran B&B owners) Sylvaine and Bruno woo guests with eight individually decorated, modern rooms, complemented by touches meant to invite relaxation: a swimming pool, an in-house resto-bar, and an intentional lack of TVs.


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1. Museo Paleontológico

4.42 MILES

This two-room museum displays glyptodon shells, bones and other locally excavated finds from the private collection of self-taught paleontologist Armando…

2. Puerto Viejo

6.53 MILES

Colonia’s yacht harbor makes for a pleasant stroll.

3. Centro Cultural Bastión del Carmen

6.57 MILES

Incorporating part of the city’s historic fortifications, this theater and gallery complex adjacent to Colonia's Puerto Viejo hosts rotating art exhibits…

4. Museo Indígena

6.62 MILES

Houses Roberto Banchero’s personal collection of Charrúa stone tools, exhibits on indigenous history, and an amusing map upstairs showing how many…

5. Iglesia Matríz

6.68 MILES

Uruguay’s oldest church – begun by the Portuguese in 1680, then completely rebuilt twice under Spanish rule – is the centerpiece of pretty Plaza de Armas…

6. Archivo Regional

6.69 MILES

On the northwest edge of Plaza Mayor 25 de Mayo, the tiny Archivo Regional contains historical documents along with pottery and glass excavated from the…

7. Museo del Azulejo

6.7 MILES

This dinky 17th-century stone house has a small sampling of French and Catalan tilework.

8. Museo Municipal

6.72 MILES

Houses an eclectic collection of treasures including a whale skeleton, a re-creation of a colonial drawing room, historical timelines and a scale model of…